bretkosë

Albanian

Bretkosë shumëngjyrëshe - A colorful frog

Alternative forms

• bretk, bretkocë, bretëkë

Etymology

Enlargement of bretk, contraction of archaic bretëkë, from (Ionic) Ancient Greek βρόταχος (brótakhos) (compare Romanian broatec, brotac (“tree frog”), Aromanian broatic, Sicilian vròtacu) See also breshkë.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bretkosë f (plural bretkosa, definite bretkosa, definite plural bretkosat)

1. frog
2. (swimming) breaststroke

Declension

Declension of bretkosë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bretkosë	bretkosa	bretkosa	bretkosat
accusative		bretkosën
dative	bretkoseje	bretkosës	bretkosave	bretkosave
ablative			bretkosash

See also

• fulterëz f
• zhabë f